Welcome to Southern Golden Retriever Rescue

We are a Charity dedicated to helping Golden Retrievers who for whatever reason, need to find a new home.

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Wednesday 29th July

Duncan Robinson 

The trustees of Southern Golden Retriever Rescue are saddened to announce that Duncan died yesterday morning. He had been very unwell since the spring.

Duncan Robinson lived with and loved golden retrievers throughout his life, and we remember with gratitude his long connection with the breed and with our charity.

Duncan’s mother and father showed and bred golden retrievers and were founder members of The Southern Golden Retriever Society. Sadly, Duncan’s mother was killed in a fatal car accident many years ago.

Together with his father, Robbie Robinson, and Robbie’s second wife, Gillian, Duncan was instrumental in writing the Trust Deed for our charity. He was also responsible for launching our first website and spent many hours helping Gillian write and produce the several hundred popular newsletters we shared each year.

We are deeply appreciative of all their contributions. It is tragic that all three members of this family have individually passed away in recent years, and we send our sincere condolences to Duncan’s family and friends.

The Trustees

 

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It’s Lilly’s 2nd birthday today! She has been with me, her 3rd home, for nearly 9 months.  I’ll be honest - it has been very challenging along the way and there have been many times when I have doubted my sanity and questioned my dog training skills. However, when I look back, I can see we are making progress. (If we ignore yesterday evening when she pulled up a shrub in the garden and tried to eat it). There are still some areas that we struggle with, particularly recall and pulling on the lead, but we are working very hard to improve these. Lilly is extremely excitable and, at the beginning, I couldn’t even imagine getting her into a training classroom with other dogs and being able to get her to listen to me at all. After several 121’s with a very patient trainer and huge support from Maria at SGRR, we finally succeeded.  I don't care that we haven’t been promoted up from the basic puppy class yet as much of this is about her learning to cope with training whilst being around other dogs.  Lilly is very loving, (she particularly adores my brother and nephew as you’ll see in the photos), is excellent at travelling in the car and, after building the time up gradually, can be left home alone for short periods without being destructive or stressed. So, although we still have a long way to go with training, It is important that I celebrate our successes and enjoy her 'youthful exuberance' as we all know how quickly time passes and I want to cherish every second I have with her.  Must go as she has just rolled her ball under the sofa for the 100th time today, ready for me to retrieve it! 
 

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Congratulations on Mikey completing the Ironman 70.3 in Swansea. If you haven't sponsored him yet, there's still time to do so. Please follow the link below.

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THIS SUNDAY, 12TH JULY

Michael O'Malley is taking part in the Swansea Ironman on 12th July 2026. He is raising funds for Southern Golden Retriever Rescue for the support given to many Golden Retrievers, including his own adopted boy, Barney.

Please click on the link below to follow his progress and to support him.

IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea 2026 | Michael O'Malley

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We would like to thank Tyler for his amazing achievement of completing the Swindon half marathon. Tyler chose SGRR as the charity that he wanted to support, even though he has no direct connection with SGRR. His love of helping dogs has raised over £1,000 and we are very grateful to him. His Just Giving page is still open for any further donations and we would also like to thank everyone that has donated.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/tyler-ross-1997?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL

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Operating in Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex, Hampshire and Greater London south of the Thames, our aim is to place the right dog into exactly the right home.

If you need to rehome your much loved Golden Retriever  please call us first.
                           
We provide a detailed and careful match of your dog’s character and needs with a new home. 
A secure garden is essential.
We offer lifetime support to the new home,
Updates for you for your peace of mind
No charges whatsoever
Perhaps we can help you to keep him, ask us.

Contact us or Tel: 07480 100344 or email Rachel.clark@sgrr.org.uk (Please check you spam folder if waiting for a reply from Rachel).

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Latest News

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Southern Golden Retriever Rescue is on Facebook.
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We would also like to thank Battersea for their support of our new website